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chapel

/ˈtʃæpəl/CHA-puhl
/ˈtʃæpəl/CHA-puhl

Meaninga little cloak

Common meaning: a small church

Journey through time

  1. Late Latincapellasource
  2. Middle Englishchapelesource
  3. Englishchapel‘a small church’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Late Latin capella ‘a little cloak’.

Roots

  • capella Late Latin “a little cloak”

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